and, Living Colour was more of a 90's band, IARC ... they didn't hit mainstream right off the bat. "Vivid" came out in 1988, video vor COP in 1989, then "Time's Up!" came out in 1990. THEN they blew up. Great band, but WAY too restrained for what Vernon Reid can REALLY do. He's been part of the NYC underground improv scene for years, and his work with Joey Baron, Fred Frith and the whole John Zorn camp is frightening ...

Sort of a CSB - I watched Vernon Reid in a club greenroom trying to play 'Cult of Personality' on Guitar Hero, and failing miserably. He took it in stride staring at the screen in defeat as his band-mates razzed him. heh.

Uh, yeah, Time's Up was a fantastic album - one of my very faves, and I'm listening to it in my car right now - but it was rather, well... cult.

I saw Living Colour make a circuit of sorts of popular fickleness: I first saw them open for the Stones at the Enormodome - it was distant, and I didn't care too much. A year or so later, I'd gotten into Time's Up, and saw them in a theater on that tour - one of the best shows I've ever seen. Then in about... 2002, I saw Corey Glover solo in a club, with about 10 people. Still a great show....

/saw a reunion show in a club in Portland a couple years ago, too...//cool story

Saw LC in NYC on the Times Up tour and... It may have been one of the greatest shows I've ever seen. Almost literally blew the roof off the joint. Just DESTROYED. When they played New Jack Theme I lost my mind.

Cool. Saw them back in the early 90s...UDS absolutely blew them off the stage. Still, more Living Color is a good thing. If you are willing to stretch out a biatcheck out Vernon Reid's work with Masque. Stunning.

Fret not people. They usually use Europe as a warm-up for a US tour, so it's likely the US tour will happen sometime this summer.

Having seen them 12-15 times since the 90s, I can assure everyone that they've actually gotten a lot better with age. If they come anywhere near your town, see them. They're on par with Prince or Bad Brains in terms of putting on an amazing show.